*When the docking computer is activated in the Commodore 64 version and some other versions, a musical rendition of The Blue Danube Waltz is played, which is a nod to a spaceflight sequence in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film ''2001: A Space Odyssey''.
*Much of the game's content is derived from the ''Traveller'' [[RPG]], including the default commander name of Jameson.
*The original ''Space Trader's Flight Training Manual'', which accompanied the game, provided a monochrome illustration of the cockpit of the Cobra Mk III. In the centre of the console, a BBC Micro keyboard could clearly be seen.